CairoTuesday September 14, 2004
Cairo, Egypt 2004,travel, photography
Parking lot near Abdeen Palace. One of the few quiet places in Cairo.
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Talaat Harb streetMonday September 13, 2004
Talaat Harb street, Cairo, Cairo, Egypt 2004,travel, photography
Buzy night at the Talaat Harb street.
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Egyptian MuseumMonday September 13, 2004
Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
(Entrance.) Inside: a.o. Akhenaten (Achnaton) statues, animal mummies, the Royal Mummy Room, Book of the Dead scrolls and the Tutankhamun galleries (with the famous golden deathmask). Unfortunuately cameras weren't allowed inside :(
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Egyptian MuseumMonday September 13, 2004
Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt 2004,travel, photography
Garden in front of the museum.
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CairoSunday September 12, 2004
Cairo, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
Uhm...Tom Cruise and Will Smith ("I, Robot")... Aparantly they have handpainted movie billboards in Cairo.
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TombSunday September 12, 2004
Tomb, Giza, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
A "false door" inside a tomb near the Khufu pyramid. These doors where considered magic by the ancient Egyptians, in other words the spirit of the one burried behind could pass, while the living can't...
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Egyptian MuseumSunday September 12, 2004
Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
The Egyptian Museum.
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CementerySunday September 12, 2004
Cementery, Giza, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
Ancient Egyptian Cementary, west of the Khufu pyramid.
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Giza pyramids panoramaSunday September 12, 2004
Giza pyramids panorama Giza pyramids, Menkaure pyramid, Khufu pyramid, Khafre pyramid, Giza, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites, panoramas
Panoramic view of Giza town, viewed from between the pyramid of Khafre (Chephren, l), the great pyramid of Khufu (Cheops, barely visible right behind Khafre's pyramid) and the small pyramid of Menkaure (Mycerinus, r).
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Khafre pyramidSunday September 12, 2004
Khafre pyramid, Giza, Egypt 2004,travel, photography
Close up. Supprisingly, in contradiction to the Khufu pyramid, there's nothing preventing you from climbing this one...(although I didn't try.)
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Khafre pyramidSunday September 12, 2004
Khafre pyramid, Giza, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
East side of the pyramid. (looks very much like the north, south and west side.)
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SphinxSunday September 12, 2004
Sphinx, Giza, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
The nose was cut off by an Arab in the 15th century. Napoleon's soldiers also took some shots at the head. It's fallen beard is on display in London's British Museum.
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